The Daily Ghost

I have included the CDT>Ghost>Olivia’s Pool section that I have stitched together into one track. I will be referring to those times in the review.

The Ghost Debut!!! Woooo we are off and running. To appreciate this Ghost I suggest taking in the full Ghost segue.

About 7:35 into CDT we start to hear the beginnings of my favorite song in the Phish catalog. It comes out of a jam that has been broken down and Trey begins to play the opening Ghost lick over and over. He varies the key and then at about 9:20 we are pretty much in Ghost mode. Really a fantastic segue. Patient and gives a great tempo for Ghost to debut.

The First Ghost gets some great Page work in the first solo section. Page lays some funkness down while Gordo throws some great bass down. The lyrics are a bit oversung, is common for a lot of early Ghosts. You can hear the enthusiasm breathing out of those vocals, and can tell just how much the band loves the new Beast.

The end Jam section starts at about 13:15 and Trey comes out firing some solo work right away. Page starts to lay some thickness down overtop making things real murky. Page backs the thickness down and hits the piano as Fishman pushes the tempo and Gordo throws deep bass.

Trey is completely in control leading the group through the initial effort. He lays some of that great Trey solo working of the late 90s and before they drive it down…Olivia’s Pool gets injected into the jam at 16:11 mark. The band keeps the jam going however, and Trey gets back into the jam. Not sure the band was ready to leave the new Ferrari yet Trey!

Trey eventually forces them into Olivia’s Pool and the band follows suit. The segue is not too bad and wooo Olivia’s Pool debut as well. What a night!

Final Thoughts

Solid first effort for Ghost. Clearly not one of the all time versions but you could already hear the monster potential. I love listening to the CDT>Ghost>Olivia’s Pool stretch.

My friends and I just started our own daily Ghost listening club so I’m going to post what I’ve written (if it doesn’t suck too bad:). Thanks for doing this! We’re all pretty excited about taking this journey.

At this point, unless you were at Brad Sand’s house, NO ONE had heard Ghost yet. It’s hard for me to imagine what I’d be thinking at this show hearing Ghost for the first time but I think I would be pretty excited about it. I don’t think I personally heard Ghost until I got my hands on the VA Beach tapes (Ghost #11). I did have a lot of this Europe tour on tape but I think I got them after I got the VA Beach show. We need to mention the Chalkdust here, wow, that’s some scary/funky/trippy shit right there. Totally out of the Chalkdust realm. Love Trey’s slow lead into Ghost. They all know it’s coming but want to tease the intro as long as possible. Can’t imagine a better way to debut a song than with a nice segue. They pretty much nail the middle stop/startup on this one and like the Brad Sand’s Ghost, sing the chorus a few more times than they do today. Glad they shortened that up that a bit. Nothing crazy comes out of the jam section, like the Brad Sand’s Ghost they repeat that emphasis (WHAM) a little too much. Can’t wait to see how the future Ghost jams starts get more dark and more funky. Ok segue into Olivia’s Pool. Forgot it used to be fast and peppy, I much prefer the slower and more scary version of what it is today, Shafty.

Daily Ghost listening club? AMAZING. I already like your friends…So happy to have you along for the ride. It is a great one! I promise the reviews get better as they go along. I had no F’ing idea what I was doing at first. The newer ones have .gifs! Hit me up at any point, and best wishes!